Category Archives: Alzheimer’s Disease
Brain Food
Healthy food (Photo credit: jpockele)
Nestlé invests in US brain food maker: ‘This is a big strategic move for us’.
National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease
PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Here it is-our national plan to address Alzheimer’s Disease. The goal is to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s by 2025. Follow this link to have access to the full report.
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/napa/NatlPlan.pdf
Notables Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
Here is a photo gallery of some noteworthy individuals stricken with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Gallery | Notables diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease | accessatlanta.com.
Alzheimer’s Disease: Dutch Village Dubbed ‘Truman Show’ for Dementia Patients – ABC News
An innovative concept for Alzheimer’s patients, a nursing home disguised as a village.
Alzheimer’s Disease: Dutch Village Dubbed ‘Truman Show’ for Dementia Patients – ABC News.
New Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Approach
This link will enable you to either listen to or read the transcript from the National Library of Medicine outlining a new possible treatment approach for Alzheimer’s Disease. Study results were recently published in Science. Very interesting!
You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t | Documentary about Alzheimer’s | Independent Lens | PBS
Combination of two brain diagrams in one for comparison. In the left normal brain, in the right brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease English: Diagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer's Disease English: Diagram of a normal brain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Interesting documentary into a woman’s personal struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Definitely worth watching and sharing!
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program
Alzheimer's Disease (Photo credit: AJC1)
UCLA introduces a new Alzheimer’s and dementia care program that targets the needs of the patient as well as those of the caregiver who often is a family member.
The UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program will have three main components: creation of a dementia registry; a needs assessment of patients listed in the registry; and individualized dementia care plans based on those assessments.
Click on this link to watch a short introductory video on this exciting program.
Omega-3 rich diet could protect against brain aging!
Are you getting enough Omega-3s in your diet? Studies continue to report that diets rich in Omega-3s may help protect the brain against aging. Read more here….
Brain Boosters-More December Anagrams
Walnuts are brain food!
Why not do yourself a favor and make the commitment to exercise your brain? The research is overwhelming on the benefits of maintaining brain health and exercising your brain. Yes, we are able to engage in new learning at any age and improve brain functioning! Take advantage of the brain’s ability to learn new information and form new pathways through neuroplasticity or brain plasticity by becoming a lifelong learner. Remember, it is also important to feed your brain. How about some walnuts, green tea, dark chocolate, blueberries, salmon? These are all fabulous for our brains!
Let’s try some anagrams with a holiday theme. Remember, anagrams are a great brain exercise as they target problem solving skills, reasoning skills, thought organization, thought flexibility, judgment, and executive function skills. Anagrams are fun for everyone-teens, baby boomers, seniors. Anagrams are a fun brain building activity to boost those brain cells, help form new neural pathways, and build your cognitive reserve. Try these anagrams as a family activity or part of a family game night, compete against friends or office buddies and see who can find the most. Enjoy, laugh, have fun!
Here are your anagrams. How many new words can be formed? Share your lists with us and let’s see who can generate the most words!
CHRISTMAS
STOCKINGS
SLEIGH
SNOWMAN
SANTA CLAUS
CHESTNUTS
TINSEL
CHIMNEY
MANGER
NORTH POLE
